From tHe "Norti-Curna Darcy News; or 22, 1877
Eighteen griffins were offered for sale at the Horse Bazaar last evening, There was a good company present, and the most promising ponies realized upwards of Tis, 100 each, 'A correspondent complains of the late hour to which the market people are allowed to remain in the Maloo, and of the danger which is thus incurred of accidents from the traps of country residents who are driving to their offices. That a market should be held at all in the chief thoroughfare of the Settlement is an anomaly; which can, however, scarcely be remedied except by the erection of a public market-house somewhere in the neighbourhood. This has: been often advocated, but has never been taken up in earnest, and the subject has as often dropped atten a few weeks discussion. 8
The report of the Union Insurance Compan; been been distributed among contributors and $104,000 carried to Reserve, which now stands at $210,000. The balance of working account to date is $119,000, against which there are pending claims estimated at $25,000 leaving $94,000 to be dealt with hereafter. The working account of 1877 also is very satisfactory, and shows a marked improvement over the previous year.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.